I think one of the best ways to understand a country and the thinking of its people is to know some of the most important and meaningful writers of that country. Unfortunately we live in an age in which people read less. But if I go to a bookshop I think this is just a cliché, because there are so great books and writers in classic and modern literature.

As I said before I'm from Germany – the so-called „Land of Poets and Thinkers” … what a chliché

One of my favorite classic German writers is Heinrich Heine. His ballade „A Winter's tale” is maybe the best work, what was ever written about Germany. It's „lightly”, with a lot of sarcasm and fine irony. It was written in 1844, when Germany was in a pre-revolutionary time; there you can find many references to German history and culture. For a long time Heinrich Heine lived in France and his view on his "old" homecountry is full of sarcasm and ironie, but also brilliancy.

Would you like to share with me your / your country's favorite writers?

Wanna recommend u all one of my favourites, yet not so much well known author in my country. His name is Peter Gibey. My favourite book of him is Cozy Chilling Bedtime Stories.U can find buch of stories which will grab u right into the story, and u won't be able to stop reading nor to move out of the bed. Pretty much scary.There's a discount on it right now, so it's real must have!!!

____________________________________________________________________________________Lullaby, don't you hearpeople sighing and crying,poor people slaughtering themselves,slaughtering and killing themselvesjust for racial reasons,people slaughtering themselvesbecause of a madman ruling,or just because of a faithtowards a God no one can see,but who serves as a shelterfor the slaughtering King,who knows all too well that war issomething that makes lots of money go around,that prepares resourcesfor thieves of purses.Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby. Sleep, get to sleep,get to sleep, because tomorrowwe will still see kings,exchanging estimates towards each other,good friends just like before.They are cousins, and amongst relativesthere's no need for compliments,we will still see a return to the same old thingseven in personal relationships.And without any shadow of any remorse,we'll just hear what a wonderful speechthey'll deliver all together about peace and working,for all of that bullshitty peoplespared by cannons!Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby.Lullaby, lullaby.

Thanks for this topic! I think it'd be great to learn new authors from all around the world!

I can recommend you Yasar Kemal from Turkey. He explains causes of happiness and sadness in villages really well. How do village people think? What do they suffer from? How do they differ from city people in terms of thinking? How do they handle with the silence of village? He has perfectly realistic view in his novels.

If you want to hear from modern city life in Turkey, you can prefer Alper Caniguz or Oguz Atay...

Alper Caniguz's style is more energytic, u can read his books in a few hours if you have time. And they are really funny, u can find yourself smiling while reading:)

Oguz Atay is also very fluent but he writes more deeply. I mean he explains all the good and bad or grey parts of human soul by the characters in his novels. So, seeing yourself naked in a book, sometimes, maybe a little bit tiring. Usually it takes a long time to finish is books but of course it depends on the reader, the psychology of him/her.. I feel that I always need to read his books again and again.

I am not sure about Alper Caniguz but the books that written by Yasar Kemal and Oguz Atay both are translated in English, I suppose.